Suspension-clamp for meat and bacon.



A HARNISGHFEGER SUSPENSION CLAMP FOR MEAT AND BACON.v

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 13,1910.

Patented Dec. 27, 1910.

AUGUST HARNISCI-IFEGER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SUSPENSION-CLAMP FOR MEAT AND BACON.

To all whom "it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUST HARNIsoH- FEGER, a citizen of the United States of America, residing in New York, in the borough of Manhattan, county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Suspension-Clamps for Meat and Bacon, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved suspension-clamp for hanging up meats and bacon in the smoking house in such a manner that after smoking the bacon can be removed from the clamp without in any way injuring or discoloring the same, so that absolutely no loss of bacon is produced; and for this purpose theinvention consists of a suspension-clamp for meats and bacon which comprises a frame or bail of inverted U- shape provided with a suspension-hook applied to a central eye of the frame, a springshank at one end of the frame, a T-shaped extension at the other end of the frame, two piercing pins having pointed ends extending from the spring-shank toward the T-shaped extension, and a clamping device for holding the spring-shank and pins at the proper distance from each other.

The invention consists further of certain details of construction which will be fully described hereinafter and finally pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my improved clamp shown with a piece of bacon suspended therefrom. Fig. 2 is a perspective View of the suspension-clamp drawn on a larger scale. Fig. 3 is a plan-view, and Fig. 4 is a vertical transverse section on line 4, 4, Fig. 3.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the different figures.

Referring to the drawings, a represents the frame or bail of my improved clamp for suspending bacon for being smoked in the smoking house. The frame or bail a is made of inverted U-shape and provided at the center of its main port-ions with an eye a to which a suspension hook Z) is applied. The frame or bail a is provided at one corner with a coil a which acts in the nature of a spring on the shank a The shank a at the opposite end of the frame a is provided with a laterally-extending T-shaped end a at its Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 27, 1910.

Application filed August 12, 19i0. Serial No. 576,783.

lower end. The spring shank a is formed of two diverging legs from the lower ends of which extend two approximately parallel pins (Z having sharpened points toward and beyond the T-shaped end a. The diverging legs of the shank a are connected by a clamping device f of triangular shape and of sheet metal or other suitable material, the sides of which are bent around the legs and transverse portions of the pins d and which serve to hold the legs and piercing pins at the proper distance from each other. The entire suspension-clamp is preferably bent of one piece of stout wire which is made in such a manner that two wires are arranged parallel to each other, the frame, with its suspension-eye, spring-coil T-shaped extension and shanks being also made double, while the piercing pins are made integral with the diverging legs of the end-shank, and connected and firmly held from collapsing by the sheet-metal clamping device.

My improved suspension-c1amp is used in the following manner: The piece of bacon is pierced by the pins near one end of the same, from one side to the other until they project at the opposite side of the same, as shown in Fig. 1. The projecting ends of the pins are then placed over the T-shaped .extension of the frame and are thereby held securely in position for being hung up by the suspension-hook in the smokin house. lVhen the piece of bacon is su ciently smoked, the ends of the piercing pins are removed from the T-shaped extension of the shank and the pins then withdrawn from the end of the bacon. The suspension-clamp may also be used for hanging up meats in the refrigerating and storage rooms.

The operation of applying the clamp to the bacon and disconnecting it after smoking is performed in an easy and convenient manner. When the suspension-clamp is withdrawn from the bacon no discoloration or other mark is shown at the points of suspension, so that the entire piece of bacon can be cut up without throwing away any portion of the same. The suspension-clamps can be made from wire of suitable thickness at comparatively small expense and form a very useful and effective suspension-device for bacon while being hung up in the smoking house and for suspending meats of all kinds.

Having thus described my invention, I

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

A suspension-clamp for bacon, comprising a one-piece frame Wire sharpened at the ends and bent and doubled upon itself and formed into an inverted U-shaped bail having at one end an inverted T-shaped extension and having a coil at the top forming an eye and a spring coil at the end opposite to the T-shaped end, the two wires of the bail eX- tending outwardly and downwardly from the spring coil to form diverging legs, the wires being then bent inwardly and extending transversely against each other and then forwardly forming spaced parallel pins resting on the arms of the T-shaped extension, a suspension hook in said eye, and a one piece triangular sheet metal clamping device having its edges bent respectively around said divergent legs and said transverselyextending portion of the wires.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my name in presence of two subscribin witnesses.

AUGUST HARN SCHFEGER.

Witnesses:

FANNIE FIsK, PAUL GoErEL. 

